When Access Has a Price Tag
In Washington, “business access” is what people call it when influence wants to wear a blazer and pretend it’s an errand. The rest of…
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House of Representin’: The Stalling Industrial Complex
The House has perfected a special kind of modern democracy: announce yourself as “the people’s chamber,” then spend the workday acting like legislation is…
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Safety by Vibes
Mike Rotch here, and the first lie in “safe under Trump” is that volume counts as evidence. It doesn’t. If your whole safety pitch…
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The Price Pivot
The joke is the pivot: sell Americans on cheaper groceries, then grin like the markup was the master plan all along. That’s not an…
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Peace President, Fine Print
He promised peace like it was a campaign jingle and not a contract, which is always the first clue the fine print is carrying…
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GOP Oversight, Now in Whisper Mode
Nothing says “serious oversight” like a committee room where the gavels are in Republican hands and the questions are being treated like a fire…
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Markets Don’t Care About the Yard Sign
The market didn’t suddenly become a voting booth with a tie clip. It’s just the same old campaign superstition: if the numbers go up…
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Whatever Happened to the Updates?
I love a campaign promise as much as the next exhausted taxpayer, but this is getting into customer-service fraud with a flag pin on…
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Be In the Room, Not Bought at the Door
Justin Jest here, with a smoke alarm in one hand and a visitor badge in the other: if the public is invited into democracy’s…
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Trump Tore Up the Deal, Then Claimed the Road
Trump tore up the Iran deal, and now he wants a parade like he personally laid fresh asphalt. That’s not statesmanship; that’s the guy…
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